GAA pundit joebrolly tells BBC News NI's Red Lines podcast he would seriously consider running for elected office
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He said he used to vote for the Women's Coalition, but at the last Westminster election he "voted for Claire Hanna, who I greatly like". Mr Brolly was taking part in a special series of Red Lines interviews in which prominent figures - including Baroness Hoey, Eamonn McCann and the actor Ciarán Hinds - discuss their political awakenings and influences.
But there's an important clarification: "For me, the taking of human life is abhorrent. I always hated violence."Joe Brolly is the first guest in a special series of the Red Lines podcast with Mark Carruthers When I asked Joe Brolly if he ever confronted his father directly about the part he had played in the conflict, he suggested his father was always dismissive of the subject.